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DUNBAR, John David
(Service number 54123)

St Andrews War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.19 #01)

Name plaque (A-H)), St Andrews War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.19 #02)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	13/04/1894	Place of Birth	Waimate, New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date	29 March 1917	Age	23
Address at Enlistment	Totara (Near Oamaru), New Zealand
Occupation	Farm Hand
Previous Military Experience	10 Regiment; St Andrews Compulsory Military Training.
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	William Dunbar (Father), Totara, New Zealand
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Fit for service

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	28th Reinforcements, F Company
Date	14 July 1917
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European (Somme)
Service Medals	British War Medal, Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

8 December 1917 - Admitted to hospital, sick ; Discharged 26 January 1918.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	4 July 1918	Age	24
Place of Death	Somme, France
Cause	Killed In action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Auchonvillers Military Cemetery, Somme France
Memorial Reference	71.M.28
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; St Andrews War memorial

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [4/09/2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. F9199967 88480704 5945) [4/8/2013]; CWGC (8/9/2013)

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